# Install bibtex2html with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix

BibTeX to HTML converter. Version 1.99 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:bibtex2html
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bibtex2html
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install bibtex2html
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/bibtex2html/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install bibtex2html
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: bibtex2html from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#bibtex2html
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bi/bibtex2html/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:bibtex2html
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bibtex2html>
- **Version:** 1.99
- **Source summary:** BibTeX to HTML converter
- **Homepage:** <https://usr.lmf.cnrs.fr/~jcf/bibtex2html/index.en.html>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/backtracking/bibtex2html>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/backtracking/bibtex2html#readme>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://usr.lmf.cnrs.fr/~jcf/ftp/bibtex2html/bibtex2html-1.99.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- aux2bib (cli)
- bib2bib (cli)
- bibtex2html (cli)
- aux2bib (alias)
- bib2bib (alias)
- bibtex2html (alias)

## Build dependencies

- ocaml

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.99
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://usr.lmf.cnrs.fr/~jcf/bibtex2html/index.en.html
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

BibTeX2HTML is an OCaml-written collection of command-line tools for turning BibTeX bibliographies into HTML pages and for filtering BibTeX entries.

### Project history

The official project page credits Jean-Christophe Filliatre and Claude Marche as authors and describes BibTeX2HTML as a collection of tools for translating BibTeX to HTML.

The changelog dates the first public release, version 0.1, to July 1997, followed by a rapid sequence of 0.x releases that added multiple bibliographies, online documentation, abstract handling, long options, macro translation, and filtering.

By version 1.0 in July 1999, BibTeX2HTML had become a practical publication-list generator with bib2bib filtering, footer control, citation-file support, macro handling, and BibTeX output preservation.

### Adoption history

BibTeX2HTML became useful in the early web era because academics already maintained BibTeX files and needed HTML publication pages without manually duplicating bibliography data.

The official home page points to Debian, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Solaris distribution artifacts or ports, showing long-lived cross-platform packaging beyond the original source release.

### How it is used

The manual describes three command-line tools: bibtex2html for translating a .bib file into HTML, bib2bib for filtering bibliography entries by criteria, and aux2bib for extracting entries referenced by a LaTeX .aux file.

Typical users generate publication pages, add links from fields such as url, ps, and abstract, sort entries by dates or authors, and use bib2bib to select subsets of a bibliography.

### Why package nerds care

BibTeX2HTML is package-nerd significant as a surviving 1990s Unix-style academic publishing tool: an OCaml CLI that bridges BibTeX, BibTeX styles, LaTeX-era metadata, and static HTML publication pages.

Its history also shows why package managers kept small bibliography converters around: they are glue tools for reproducible academic websites, not large applications.

### Timeline

- 1997-07-17: Version 0.1 is marked as the first public release.
- 1998-11-18: Version 0.7 adds online documentation and long options.
- 1999-07-15: Version 1.0 adds fuller bib2bib filtering and publication-page features.
- 2008-07-08: Version 1.92 adds a Windows installer and cross-reference expansion.
- 2014-07-04: Version 1.98 fixes URL escaping and improves macro translation.
- 2018-03-23: Version 1.99 updates safety around string use and requires OCaml 4.03 or newer.

### Related projects

- BibTeX is the source bibliography format and external processor that BibTeX2HTML builds around.
- HeVeA is listed by the project as a related LaTeX-to-HTML tool.
- bib2bib and aux2bib are companion tools distributed with BibTeX2HTML.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/backtracking/bibtex2html/blob/master/CHANGES>
- <https://usr.lmf.cnrs.fr/~jcf/bibtex2html/doc/manual.html>
- <https://usr.lmf.cnrs.fr/~jcf/bibtex2html/index.en.html>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** bibtex2html
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - bibtex2html - 1.99-4+b4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: bibtex2html from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | filters BibTeX files and translates them to HTML | https://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/index.en.html
- Nix - bibtex2html: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bi/bibtex2html/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - bibtex2html - 1.99-4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: bibtex2html from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | filters BibTeX files and translates them to HTML | https://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/index.en.html
- MacPorts - bibtex2html: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/bibtex2html/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bibtex2html.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/bibtex2html.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
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- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph